We met 76 year old Janie at a food distribution in Farmerville. Janie is recovering from a broken shoulder. She’s already on a fixed income, so with the an extra $200 per month in co-pays for treatment and medicine, her budget is really tight. “I am having to choose between paying the co-pay on my […]
Samantha fights to make sure her family has what it needs. She works eight to 12 hours a day at a restaurant near her home in Bastrop, Louisiana to support her 5-year-old, 4-year-old and 10-month-old. As a single mom, she does what she can to make sure her kids have the best possible life. But
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We met 68 year old Brenda at a food distribution at one of our Community Partners in Farmerville. In 2009, Brenda got into a car accident and had to have spinal surgery. Since then, she’s been disabled and has been using her retirement savings to pay medical bills. “I worked all my life,” she said.
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74 year old James is a colon cancer survivor. But he says he wouldn’t have survived if it weren’t for the food pantry he visits in Farmville, Louisiana. “The food was much needed during the chemo,” he said. The pantry receives food from the Food Bank of Northeast Louisiana, a member of the Feeding America
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